Texas H5N1 News: Pandemic flu plan envisions up to 250,000 deaths
Mary Ann Roser writes in The Austin American-Statesman (obnoxious, but free, registration required):
Five million to 10 million Texans could get sick, as many as 400,000 could be hospitalized and as many as 250,000 could die during the first wave of an influenza pandemic, according to the state's latest plan to prepare for a worldwide flu epidemic.
The draft plan, which the Texas Department of State Health Services posted on its Web site this week, predicts a second wave of flu about three to nine months after the first bout. It estimates that there will be fewer infections and hospitalizations, and 18,000 more deaths.
posted by Fergie @ 10/27/2005 07:59:00 AM
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